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| UPS Ex-Dividend Reminder - 8/18/11By Dividend Channel Staff, Tuesday, August 16, 10:26 AM ET
On 8/18/11, United Parcel Service Inc (NYSE:UPS) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.52, payable on 9/7/11. As a percentage of UPS's recent stock price of $65.18, this dividend works out to approximately 0.80%. Below is a dividend history chart for UPS, showing historical dividends prior to the most recent $0.52 declared by United Parcel Service Inc:
In general, dividends are not always predictable; but looking at the history above can help in judging whether the most recent dividend from UPS is likely to continue, and whether the current estimated yield of 3.19% on annualized basis is a reasonable expectation of annual yield going forward.
According to the ETF Finder at ETF Channel, UPS makes up 8.28% of the iShares Dow Jones Transportation Average Index Fund ETF (AMEX:IYT) which is trading lower by about 1.3% on the day Tuesday. See what other ETFs contain UPS » UPS operates in the Airlines sector, among companies like UTi Worldwide Inc. (NASDAQ:UTIW) which is down about 1.9% today, and Alaska Air Group, Inc. (NYSE:ALK) trading lower by about 0.5%. Below is a three month price history chart comparing the stock performance of UPS, versus UTIW and ALK.
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